Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbigliais an American comedian, writer, actor, and director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 June 1978
CityShewrsbury, MA
CountryUnited States of America
metaphor unfair
Life is unfair and improv is a great metaphor of that.
sharks doe rhyme
Does anyone know a word that rhymes with shark?
dream sleep
I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.
dancer musician backup
Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.
real writing acting
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're writing on your feet, and you are acting out the words and you are directing what the staging is. You're deciding what staging is.
dream sleep brain
Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don't act out your dreams.
funny selfish humor
When you're in a relationship with someone who's selfish, what keeps you in it is the fact that when they shine on you, it's this souped-up shine. And you feel like you're in the club. And you don't even know what club it is. You just know you want to stay in it.
want sometimes
Sometimes, when you want to be in a place so badly, you'll do anything.
Success is fleeting. It may not have to do with you but how your work is received.
funny humor thinking
It had that kind of open-ended fear to it - like that feeling you get when you're driving and you see a cop. And you're not speeding. You don't have drugs. But you're just thinking, I hope he doesn't notice I'm driving.
alienation
Alienation, I suppose, can't be hackneyed because it will always exist.
people comedian fork-in-the-road
Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make jokes about themselves. I chose myself.
clever giving people
There are so many people who are clever. There are 8000 people at Princeton who are more clever than the three of us at this table. BUT, we have the ability to give something that they don't have...which is us.
divorce rejection feels
I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.